Toddler Shoe Games

These ideas are modified from I can teach my child!

Game 1

1.  Throw a big pile of shoes in the middle of the floor (not too hard for us because our shoes all mostly live in a  heap just inside our door anyway)
2.  Make sure they all  have matches.  (If you have a young toddler you might want to limit the number of pairs to 3 or 4)
3.  Take one of the shoes in your hand, show it to your toddler and ask "Can you find the other one?"
4.  When she/he finds each match, help her to line them up together as pairs on the floor.

Game 2
1.  Find one empty laundry basket for each member of your family.  Line them up against the wall, and label each with the name of a family member.
2.  With the shoes still all lined up in pairs, point to one of the baskets and say "This is [Mommy's] basket.  Can you find some of mommy's shoes?"

3.  When the child locates them say, "Now can you put mommy's shoes into mommy's basket?"
4.  Continue until all shoes have a home.